Climate averages 1991–2020
Gebiley weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Gebiley: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 12.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.7 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ruqi (37 km away). In January its highs average 24.7°C, about as warm as Gebiley, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Gebiley ranks 14th of 14 for the warmest January highs and joint 6th of 14 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 14 cities is 28.4°C; Gebiley is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.7 mm to 6.7 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Gebiley climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 24.3°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 5.7 | 1.4 | 11.612 h |
| February | 26.3°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 6.7 | 1.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 28.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 30 | 5.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 73 | 10.5 | 12.312 h |
| May | 28.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 51 | 8.4 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 7.1 | 1.8 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.4°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 30 | 6.8 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.4°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 43 | 10.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 23 | 4.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.0°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 34 | 5.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 25.0°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 17 | 3.0 | 11.712 h |
| December | 23.7°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 5.2 | 1.4 | 11.612 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Ruqi in JanuarySomalia · 37 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Hargeysa in JanuarySomalia · 51 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Borama in JanuarySomalia · 55 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 12.0°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Jijiga in JanuaryEthiopia · 98 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Ārabī in JanuaryEthiopia · 127 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Harar in JanuaryEthiopia · 171 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 12.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Berbera in JanuarySomalia · 173 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.7°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Dire Dawa in JanuaryEthiopia · 193 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 24 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Gebiley) is explained once on the Gebiley year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.